WEDNESDAY 19 NOV – H 20:30 – ROOM 1

THE SOLITUDE OF PRIME NUMBERS
ITALY, GERMANY, FRANCE – 2009  – color – 118’

Direction: Saverio Costanzo
Screenplay: Saverio Costanzo, Paolo Giordano, based on his eponymous novel
Cinematography: Fabio Cianchetti
Editing: Francesca Calvelli
Production design: Antonello Geleng, Marina Pinzuti Ansolini
Music: Mike Patton
Costumes: Antonella Cannarozzi
Cast: Alba Rohrwacher (Alice Della Rocca), Luca Marinelli (Mattia Balossino), Maurizio Donadoni (Umberto Della Rocca), Isabella Rossellini (Adele), Filippo Timi (clown), Aurora Ruffino (Viola Bai), Andrea Jublin (Fabio), Roberto Sbaratto(Pietro Balossino), Arianna Nastro (Alice teenage), Vittorio Lomartire (Mattia teenage), Martina Albano (Alice young), Tommaso Neri (Mattia young), Giorgia Senesi (Elena), Giorgia Pizzo (Michela young)
Producer: Mario Gianani
Production: OffSide, Global Screen, Les Films des Tournelles, Le Pacte
Distribution: Medusa Film

Synopsis
Prime numbers are only divisible by one and themselves. They are solitary numbers, incomprehensible to others. Alice and Mattia are both “prime,” each haunted by tragedies that deeply marked them in childhood: a skiing accident for Alice, which left her with a defect in one leg and the loss of a twin sister for Mattia. When they meet as teenagers in the hallways of their school, they both recognize their own pain in the other. As they grow up, their destinies intertwine in a special friendship, until Mattia, after earning a degree in Physics, decides to accept a job abroad. The two are separated for many years, and it will take a series of events to reunite them, bringing to the surface a host of unconfessed emotions.

critical note
“Let’s start with a fact that reviews usually underestimate: The Solitude of Prime Numbers by Saverio Costanzo is a technically extraordinary film. The cinematography (by Fabio Cianchetti) and editing (by Francesca Calvelli) are of truly international caliber. (…) Artistic genre has forever been an excellent vehicle for reaching the hearts of audiences. All the actors are superb, with three deserving special mentions: a magnificent Maurizio Donadoni, a moving Isabella Rossellini, and a heroic Alba Rohrwacher (at least ten kilos lighter than in Soldini’s Come Undone, but with the same tonnage of talent).”
(Alberto Crespi, L’Unità, 10 September 2010)

main awards and festivals
2010 Mostra di Venezia – Competition: Pasinetti Award to Alba Rohrwacher
2010 Toronto IFF – Contemporary World Cinema
2010 Festival du Film Italien de Villerupt – Competition: Amilcar de la Presse
2011 Transilvania IFF – Din Nou la TIFF
2011 CPH PIX – Spotlight: Politiken’s Audience Award
2011 Globi d’Oro: Best Cinematography
2011 Festival du Cinema Italien de Bastia – Panorama Competition: Best Actress
2011 Silver Ribbons: Best Actress
2011 Ciak d’Oro: Best Actress